Aleksandar Žiljak

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Aleksandar Žiljak

Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963 [1] ) is a science fiction and fantasy writer and illustrator from Zagreb, Croatia. In 2006, he co-edited Ad Astra, an anthology of Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal Ubiq.

Science fiction genre of fiction

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas".

Fantasy genre of literature, film, television and other artforms

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Zagreb Capital and largest city of Croatia

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. The estimated population of the city in 2018 is 810,003. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is about 1.1 million, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia.

Žiljak is the winner of five SFERA Awards, three for Best Story and two for Best Illustration. [2] His story "An Evening In The City Coffeehouse, With Lydia On My Mind" was included in The Apex Book of World SF (2009). [3]

SFERA Award is awarded annually by the science fiction society SFera in Zagreb since 1981. Until 1991, it was given to participants from whole of Yugoslavia, but since 1994 only for works originally published in Croatian.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.hrvatskodrustvopisaca.hr/hr/clan/aleksandar-ziljak-258
  2. ↑ "Aleksandar Žiljak". Archived from the original on 2007-01-21.
  3. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Aleksandar Žiljak". Archived from the original on 2011-10-13.
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